Vending-machine.



0. MANSHEL. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 2, 1909.

Patented May 24, 1910.

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Patented May 24, 1910.

VENDING MACHINE APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 2, 1909.

- G. MANSHEL. VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MN. 2, 1909.

959,063. Patented May 24, 1910.

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VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented May 24, 1910.

Application filed January a, 1909. Serial no. 470 ,3791

To all whom it may comm:

Be it known thatI, CHARLES MANSHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to coin I'eed machines for vending and printing tickets, stam s and similar articles from a stri locate in a casing whence they are delivered through an aperture to the purchaser.

The essential purposes of my invention are to facilitate the charging and operating of structures of thischaracter; to prevent the delivery of more than one ticket at one discharge, and render pilfering of the tickets or coin diflicult or impossible; to give visual and aural alarms when the supply of tickets or stamps is nearly exhausted; to facilitate the detection of spurious coins; and to render the operation of the printing and stamp delivery mechanism certain, accurate and positive. With the above objects in view and others, as will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction and arrangement of parts and combinations ofparts hereinafterdescribed and set forth in the appended claims;

It will be understood that various changes inform, proportions, size and minor details of structure may be'made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the" advantages of the invention. v

I shall hereinafter by way of illustration describe a ticket vending machine in connection with the accompanyin drawings whichform a part of this speci cation," and in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

Figures 1 and 2 are front and side elevations respectively of my machine. Fig. 3, a side elevation of the upper portion of the same with part of the casing removed, Fig. at, afront elevation of the operating'mechanism with the front of the casin' omitted, Fig. 5, a section on line w w of 1g. 1;, Fig. 6, an'enlarged detail view of a marginal portion of the large feed roll or drum and coiiperating pawls, .Fig. 7, a partial sect-ion on a: w" of Fig. 6,Fig. 8, a plan. of the" mechanism with the top of the casing removed, and part of the mechanism broken away, Figs 9 and 10, sections on lines y y and z 2 respectively of Fig. 8, and Fig. 11, a front view of the machine, the .front of the case being broken away.

In the present embodiment of my invention, 1 is a hollow case of metal or wood mounted upon a hollow standard, 2, from which it is separated by a floor, 3, provided with an opening, 4. The case, 1, is divided into upper and lower compartments, 5 and 6, by a horizontal partition, 7 slidably supported by guides, 8, fixed to or integral with the case walls. The front wall of the case comprises a fixed portion, '9, and a door or removable panel, 10, secured by lock, 11, or otherwise. The former has a display opening, 12. In the door is a horizontal ticket slot, 13, and a rectangular o ening, 14, but the opening is not essential. he upper portion of the door has an indicator openmg, 15', provided with a transparent glass, 16,. bearing the word Empty.

' A convenient form of coin controlled operating mechanism for use in conjunction with the delivery mechanism is the following: Upon the rent of slide, 7, is fixed a box or housing comprising front, rear, and sidewalls, 18, 19, 20 and 21. The wall, 18, abuts the opening, 14:, and constitutes a portion of the front wall of the case. It is provided with a coin slot, 22, and interspaced stops, 23 and 24;, upon its outer face. Mounted in walls, 18 and I9, is a rock shaft, 25, upon whose outer end is fixed an operating handle or crank, 26, and carrying two segmental plates, 27, 27, connected by an inclined c0111 plate, 28, providedwith a longitudinal slot, 29, in its lower portion. The top surface of the plate, 28, is in the lane of the coin slot, 22; and toguide the inserted coin is a plate, 30, fixed to the upper end of plate, 28. Upon the lower end of the latter" plate are coin retaining ears, 31. Loose upon shaft, 25, between the segmental plates is a sleeve, 32, provided with a forwardly projecting locking finger, 33, for supporting a coin, and which extends throughthe slo't, 29, of the coin plate. A second arm; 34, upon the sleeve has its and fixed in a curved cam plate, 35, provided with a laterally curved cam edge, 36, termimating in a stop shoulder, 37. The plate, 35, is normally. downwardly pulled by a helical spring, 38, whose ends are connected ion -' clearer,

having one end fast "guide plate, 48, is located at to the cam plate and to a pin, 39, in the wall, 18. Also fixed to the wall, 18, is a coin 40, whose end, 41, is in alinement with'the coin plate slot, 29. Upon one of the segmental plates, 27, is a dog, 43, in which is a. pin, 44. The coin plate, 28, is rearwardly pulled by a spiral spring, 45, to the pin, 44, and its other end, to a pin, 46, in a horizontal guide plate, 47, forwardly extending and integral with the rear wall 19. ii A similarly disposed the opposite end of the wall. These two guide plates are respectively interspaced from walls, 20, and 21, as at 50 and 51, respectively. Pivoted at 52 to the rear wall, 19, is an arm, 53, having an outwardly curved or cam face, 54, upon its upper end, and an intermediate shoulder, 55, adapted to swing into the path of a finger, 56, fixed to the rear portion of shaft, 25. The arm, 53, is drawn into the path of the finger by a spring, 58, fixed at one end to the arm, and at its otherend to a pin, 59, in the wall, 19. Mounted in the lower port-ion of the walls, 20, 21, is a rock shaft, 61, to which plates, 62 and 63. The latter plate, as shown in Fig. 8, has a cut away portion, 64,' in its rear edge to facilitate movement of the arm, 53. A lug, 65, upon the inner face of plate, 63, is adapted surface of plate, are rearwardly tensioned by a spring, 66, attached at one end to pin, 67, in plate, 63, and at its other end to a pin, 68, in the rear wall. The oscillatory or vibratory plates are connected at'their tops to form a yoke.

This yoke in this instance comprises a cross 4 Integral with the yoke or fixed tlereto in,

any convenient manner is a projection or pin, -7 6, adapted to engage mechanism hereinafter described. 3 f

The operation of the coin mechanism is as follows A coin inserted in the coin slot falls by gravity along the plate, 28, and rests upon the end of finger, 33, where it is held until the manual rotation of the shaft, 25, through lever, 26, brings the coin plate into a position to permit the coin clearer, 41, to dislodge the coin which. drdps into a funnel, 78, in the slide, 7, and thence into-a cylindrical glass tube, 79. During the described movement of the shaft, 25, the coin holds the cam plate, 35, in fixed relation to the shaft and the edge 36, of the cam late in its descent forwardly forces the ates 62, 63, and their cross piece, 71, and nger, 6, which sets into operation the vending mechanism. During the forward movement of the parts as described the shoulder, 55, of the arm, 53, is drawn beneath the path of the finger, 56, so that the handle lever, 26,

- its forward end with coins, the tube, 7 9, is are fixed two vertical flat 88, fixed to the case, convenient external to contact'with the cam 35. The oscillatory plates drum, 97, IS a gear,

of the shaft, 25, after a partial turn, cannot be returned again to upright position until the arm,.53, is forced back by the return of the plate, 63, to its original position. The transparent coin magazine or tube, 79, may be attached to the funnel, 78. The former is mounted ina socket, 80, fixed to the front wall, 9, of the case. Pivotally mounted intermediate its length upon a bracket arm, 81, fixed to the wall, 9, is a lever, 82, provided at a disk, 83, adapted to normally press against the open lower end of-the receptacle, 79, and having u on its opposite end a counterweight, 84. r fter a predetermined number of coins enter the tube, '79, their weight, is sufiicient to overcome the weight of member, 84, and thus automatically force the disk,.83, away from the tube and permit the accumulated coins to fall into a receptacle in the chamber, 6,

or'through the floor opening, 4, into the casing standard whence they may be removed through a panel or door, 86, in the case standard. In order to detect spurious illuminated by an electr1c lamp, 87, mounted upon a bracket arm,

and connected'with any source of electrical supply through a conductor, 89, passing through an opening, 90, in the casing wall.

The ticket delivering mechanism comprises the followin standard, 92, has itsTmse, 93, fixed y screws, 94, or otherwise to the slide, 7. Pivotally mounted upon a stud or shaft, 96, is a feed drum, 97, provided upon its periphery with an annular strip, 98, of soft material or fabric, and upon each side of this strip with an annular row of round rotuberances, 99, interspaced to correspond with marginal notches, 100, located at the divisional points of the tickets in the strip, 101, to be delivered from the periphery of the drum. Fixed to or integral with one face of the 103. Loosely mounted at one end u on the stud, 96, is an arm, 105 provided with an oblong slot, 106, into which extends loosely the pin, 76. This ar parts: An u right or is also provided midway its length with ateral finger, 107, elevated somewhat from the plane of the arm.

The means for intermittently advancing the v. drum is the following: Pivoted upon a pin,-108, upon the outer end of arm, 105, is a lever, awl, or, hook, 109, provided with an upwardly curved end,110, and a marginal recess, 1 11, and adapted to engage consecutively individuals of an annular row of pins, 113, near the margin of the drum face interspaced to correspond with the length of a ticket. The means for supporting the hook, 109, consists, as shown in Fig. 7, of a pin, 114, slidably mounted in a recess, 115, in the hook providedwith a conical head, 116, adapted toregister ina cavity, 117, in the .spring, 118, in the recess abutting against the pin head. A tripping pin, 120, for the hook is fixed in the wall, 20, and projects to a point near the periphery of the drum, 97, in the path of the hook. A depression of the operating handle, 26,'while the coin mechanism is locked, advances through the pin, 76, the arm, 105, and the hook, 109, which is in engagement with a pin, 113, the drum 97, the distance of a ticket. At the close of this advance the hook is lifted out of engagement with its pin by the contact of the end of the hook with the pin, 120, as shown in Fig. 6. The release of the coin, and the simultaneous action of spring, 66, returns the arm, 105, after each advance to its original position shown in Fig. 5. Duringthis returnthe elevated end, 111, of hook, 109, strikes one of a circular series of pins, 122, upon a type drum, 123, hereinafter described, which throws the hook down into engagement with the next succeeding pin, 113, and its pin, 114, into its seat, 117. The position of the hook at the instant of contact with the pin, 122, is-shown in broken lines in Fig. 6. Each intermit tent advance of the drum moves the strip the distance of aticket through the slot, 13, to which it is guided by a plate, 124, fixed to the standard. The strip is held against the drum face near the ticket slot by a presser or friction roll, 127, upon a pin, 128, in the standard, which roll also cooperates with the protuberances, 99, to prevent the displacement of the strip while a ticket is being manually detached by upward pressure of the strip against the edge of a lade,'129, fixed in the front wall of the case. To prevent overrotation of the drum or surreptitious movement of the same to se cure a plurality of tickets at one coin insertion, the following mechanism is employed. Fixed to the rear of the standard, 93, is a stud, 131, to which is ivoted a depending detent,'132, whose thic ened free end, 133, is in the plane of the pins, 113, and of the linger, 107, which is normally in contact therewith. The upper end of the detent has a stop shoulder, 134, adapted to engage a stop pin, 135, upon the stud, 131. A spring, 136, fixed to the stud presses against the outer ed e of the detent. WVhenthe machine is idle the finger, 107, normally holds the detent out of the path of the pins, 113, and permits the advance of the feed drum, as shown in Fig. 5. During the delivery of a ticket, however, as shown in Fig. 6, the spring, 136, forces the detent in the path of the pins and limits further advance of the drum. 7

A mechanism cooperates with the feed drum, 97, for dating the tickets successively as they are fed. This comprises the printing drum, 123, rotatably mounted upon a the base.

stud, 139, in the upright, 93, above the drum, 97, provided with a plurality of peripheral slots, 140, in which are seated a row, of type, 141, frictionally retained by clamping screws, 14:3, in the outer face of the drum, 123. The inner ends of the rows of type are in frictional contact with a ratchet disk,

14 1, also mounted upon the stud, 139. Adjacent this disk loose upon stud, 139, is a gear, 1&5, meshing with gear, 103. Both the members, 1 14 and 145, are connected with the drum, 123, by screws, 116, but they may be integral therewith; As the drum, 123, is rotated by the gear, 103, the type contacts with the strip passing over. the feeding drum. To prevent reverse movement of the drum, 123, is a pawl, 14:6, adapted to engage the ratchet disk, 14:4, pivoted to a pin, 14:7, in the upright, and downwardly pressed by the end, 148, of a spring, 149, wound on the pin.

The inking device for the type drum comprises a pin, 151, retained in the upright, 93, by a thumb screw, 153, or otherwise, and upon whose end is rotatably mounted an ink roll, 15 1, adapted to contact with the type as the drum, 123, rotates.

The ticket strip, 101, is supplied to the feed drum from a reel, 156, whose hub, 157,

is loose upon a stud, 158, on a depending bracket, 159, fixed by screws, 160, to the bot-- tom of slide, 7. The strip passes through an opening, 162, in the slide, 7, and over a guide roll, 163, mounted on i stud, 165, in the upright below the drum, 97 'and passes thence to the surface of the drum to whose lower rear surface it is pressed by a roll, 166, one stud, 167, in the standard. Pivoted to a pin, 168, in the bracket, 159, above the roll is an arm, 169, to whose lower face is fixed a copper plate, 170, between which and the arm is insulating material, 171. Upon this plate is a binding post, 172. The plate normally rests by gravity upon the periphery of the roll, 173, of tickets upon the hub, 157, serving as a drag upon the roll and preventing the coils of the roll from springing away from each other. \Vhen, however, the last layer or coil of tickets leaves the hub, the plate, 17 0, contacts with the hub, 157, to complete an electrical circuit energized by a battery, 17 1, upon the base, 7, and including an indicator light,

175, in the case behind the glass, 16, and an alarm bell, 177, also fixed to the case interior. A switch, 178, for breaking the circuit, is located on the base, 7, or on a lug, 179, upon The described location of the battery, light, bell, or switch is not exclusive. In fact, the bell might be located in a place remote from the machine. In this instance, the circuit, which is shown diagrammatically, comprises a wire, 180, leading from the battery to the switch, a wire, 181', from the switch to the pin or post, 168. From post,

thence a Wire, 183, leads to the battery, 174, completing. the lamp circuit. The bell cir' cuit includes a wire, 184, connecting the post, 172, and bell, 177, and wires, 185 and 174, leading from the bell to the battery.

By virtue of the insulation, 171, the current passes from the post, 168, through the bracket, 159, stud, 158, and hub, 157 which are all of metal, so that until the roll, 173, is exhausted, the circuit is broken. When the contact plate, 170, touches the hub, 157, the current traverses the plate, 17 0, and the post, 172, thereon, whereby the public and attendant are notified, through the display, 16, and bell, 177, that the supply of tickets in the machine is nearly exhausted.

The location of substantially all the operative parts upon a slidable base, 7, not only makes the'structure a unit, but permits their ready removal from the case through the door, 10, whereby the 'parts may be repaired or the ticket roll replenished.

What I claim is,

1. In a machine of the type set forth, the c'ombinationwith a rotary feeding drum, of

a supporting shaft on which it is mounted, vibrating means loosely supported on said shaft for rotating the drum, radial means on the support of said vibrating means, and a pivoted member coiiperating with said drum and the radial means for locking the drum against. over-rotation.

2. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with a rotar feeding drum, of a shaft therefor, an arm oosely mounted on said shaft, means on and movable with said arm for rotating the drum, radial means on said arm, a pivoted member cooperating wlth the drum and the radial means for locking the drum against over-rotation, and

- the feeding drum for printing tickets.

4. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with anintermittently rotating feeding drum, of a vibrator member operatively connected with said rum and adapted to propel the same, a hand-operated shaft, an arm loosely mounted upon the axis of the drum and having a lateral finger, and iyotally mounted means having its free en 1n the plane of said fin er.

5. In a machine 0 the type set forth, the

combination with an intermittently rotating feeding drum, of a vibratory member operatlvely connected with said drum and adapted to propel the same, a hand-operated shaft,

an arm loosely mounted upon the axis of the drum and having a lateral finger, and ivotally mounted means havin its free on in the plane of said finger an normally contacting therewith.

6. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with an intermittently rotating feeding drum, of a vibrator member operatively connected with said rum and adapted to propel the same, and a hand-operated shaft, a cam looseupon the shaftengaging the vibratory member, spring means for swinging sald' member in one direction,

means for swinging the member in the opposite direction, andcooperatin means for lockin said cam and shaft an means cooperating with the rotating means for preventing overrotation of the drum.

7. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with a rotary feeding drum, its shaft, an arm loosely mounted on said shaft, a vibrating member pivoted on said arm to intermittently rotate the drum, ivoted means cooperatingwith the drum an means on said arm for locking the drum against over-rotation, and a revoluble type drum adjacent the feeding drum and adapted to cooperate therewith.

8. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with a rotating feed drum, of means for rotating it, a lateral arm on said rotating means, vibratory" mechanism coiiperating with the lateral arm of said rotating means and with independent means on the; drum, for preventing overrotation of the drum, and means for operating said overrotation-preventing mechanism.

9. In a machine of the type set forth, the

combination with a feeding drum adapted" to advance a strip of tickets, of means for pressing the strip against the peri hery of thedrum, vibratin means pivote on the shaft 'of the drum Ior intermittently rotating the drum, means upon the periphery of the drum for locking the strip against movement relativel to the drum means actuated by the drum or printing the tickets of the strip, and means f embodying 'a vibratory member for actuating the drum and means cooperating with the feeding drum for locking it against over-rotation.

10. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with a rotar feedin drum, of a revolving type drum a jacent t e feeding drum andadapted to coo rate therewith, mechanism actuating the eed drum, means cooperating with the feeding drum for looking it against over-rotation and a pawl and ratchet device for preventing a reverse movement of the type drum.

11. In a machine of the ty e set forth, the combination with a base 0 a. standard on the base, two studs upon the standard, a feeding drumrotatably mounted upon the first stud a driving gear loose upon the same stud, a type drum revolubly mounted upon the second stud, a driven gear loose upon the second stud and fixed to the type drum, pins upon the standard, friction rolls upon thccpin'in contact with the periphery of the feeding drum, marginal pins upon the face of the feeding drum, an arm pivotally monntedat one end tothe first stud and provided with a longitudinal slot, a hook pivotally mounted upon the outer end of the arm in the path of the pins, a vibratory yoke pivotally mounted upon the base adjacent the arm, a pin upon the yoke registering in the slot of the arm, and means for vibrating the arm;

12. In' a machine of the type set forth the the pin extending into the path of the pins adjacent the end of the finger, a vibratory yoke pivotally mounted upon the base adjacent the arm, a pin upon the yoke registering in the slot of the arm, and means for vibrating the arm.

13. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with a rotary feeding drum, means adapted to rotate the same, a printing drum, and an ink roll, of operative connections between said drums, means for actuating the feeding drum, means cooperat-v ing W1th said drum for preventing its over: rotation, and a pawl and ratchet mechanism for preventing the reverse rotation of the printing drum.

14. In a machine of the type set forth the combination with a rotary feeding drum adapted to receive a ticket strip upon its perlphery, and mechanism adapted to rotate the same, of a delivery reel adapted to support the rolled portion of the strip, a roll intermediate the reel and drum for tensioning the strip, and an arm held by gravity against the rolled port-ion of the strip and an alarm operatively connected with the hub on which the delivery reel is supported for cooperation with said arm when the strip is exhausted.

15. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with a rotary drum for advancing a ticket strip, and mechanism embodying a vibratory member cooperating the latter, of a reel for supporting the r0 led portion of the strip being delivered to the drum, a signal light, and means electrically connect- 0 with the signal light and normally beartating loose y ing upon said strip and actuated by the reel for indicating the absence of the strip from the reel.

16. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with a rotary drum for 'advancing a ticket strip, and mechanism embodying a vibratory member cooperating with said drum for actuating the latter, of a reel for supporting the rolled portion of the strip being delivered to the drum, an alarm bell, and means'electrically connected with the bell and normally bearing upon said strip and actuated by the reel for indicating the absence of,thestrip from the reel.

17. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with the case provided with a ticket slot, of a blade fixed to the case at the margin of the slot, a rotary drum within the case adapted to intermittently advance a ticket strip through the slot the distance of a ticket, lateral means on the drum, means within the case embodying a vibrating member connected with the shaft of the drum, and a lateral pin loosely movable in a slot therein, and means eooperatin with the drummotating means and with lateral means on the drum for preventing overrotation of said drum.

18. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with an intermittently rotating feed drum, of means for intermittently tothe feed drum comprising an arm mounted upon the axis of the drum and having'a lateral finger, and an oblong slot, a lateral pin loosely movable in said slot, lateral pins on said drum, and a pivotally mounted dependin detent with its free end in the lane of sai pins and saidfinger and norma ly in contact therewith.

19. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with an intermittently rotating feed drum, of means for intermittently rotatinig the feed drum comprising an arm loose y mounted upon the axis of the drum and having a lateral finger, and an oblong slot, a lateral pin loosely movable in said slot, lateral pins on said drum, a pivotally mounted depending detent with its free end in the plane of said pins and said fin er and normally in contact therewith, an a spring acting on said detent.

20. In a machine of'the type set forth, the combination with an intermittently rotating feed drum, of means for intermittently rotatin the feed drum comprising an arm loosefy mounted upon the axis of the drum and having a lateral finger, and an oblong slot, a lateral pin loosely movable in said slot, lateral pins on. said drum, a-pivotally mounted dependin detent with its free end in the lane of sai pins and said finger and normally in contact therewith, a sprin acting onsaid detent, the upper end of said detent being provided with a stop shoulder, and a relatively fixed cooperating stop.

21. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with an intermittently rotating feed drum, of means for intermittently rt'ating the feed drum comprising an arm loose y mounted upon the axis of the drum and having a lateral finger, and an oblong slot, lateral pins on said drum,,a pivotally mounted dependin detent with its free end in the lane of sai pins and said finger and norma y in contact therewith, and means cooperatin with said slot to intermittently rotate the rum.

22. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with an intermittently rotating feed drum, of means for intermittently rotating the feed drum comprising an arm loosely mounted upon the axis of thedrum and having a lateral finger, and an oblong slot, lateral pins onsaid drum, a pivotally mounted dependin detent'with its free end in the plane of said pins and said finger and normally in contact therewith, means cooperating with said slot to intermittently rotate the drum, and means for automatically disengaging the rotating means.

drum and having a slot, means adapted to receive a ticket strip u on its eriphery, and mechanism ada'te to'rotate the same,-of a delivery reel a apted to support the rolled portion of the strip, an arm resting against the rolled portion of the strip, and an'alarm operatively connected with the hub on which the delivery reel is supported for cooperation" with said arm when the strip is exhaustedm 25. In a machine of the type set forth, the combination with a rotary drum for advancing a ticket strip, and means for actuatin said drum, of a reel for supporting the ro led portion of the strip being delivered to the drum, a signal light, and means electrically connected with the signal light and normally bearing upon said strip to contact Withthe hub of the reel when the strip is completely unwound for indicating the, absence of the strip from the reel.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES MANSHEL.

Witnesses V HORATIO E. BELLOWS, GEORGE H. MCLAUGHLIN. 

